How we’re different
Six reasons clients choose a boutique operator
Operators, not slide-makers
We run the weekly cadence, own the deliverables and make decisions alongside your leadership.
Senior from day one
Your engagement is led by a senior executive, not a team of junior analysts learning on your budget.
Compliance, management and money
Legal, operational and financial judgment in the same room, applied to grants, budgets and contracts.
We’ve been the grantor
We have run a federal grant program from the funder’s side, so we know what auditors and program officers look for.
Built to leave
Every engagement ends with documented processes, a trained team and a clean handoff.
Sized to fit
Two to three days a week of senior leadership costs far less than a full-time executive, with no long search.
Leadership
Led by an operator with a record in regulated programs
Faisal H. Khan
Founder and Managing Partner
- Degrees
- JD, American University
MBA, George Washington University
BA, West Virginia University - Credentials
- Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA)
- Languages
- English, Urdu, Spanish
- Based in
- Washington, DC
Faisal founded Strategem to close the gap between a good strategy and real results. He brings the compliance judgment of a lawyer, the management training of an MBA and the financial rigor of a CFA to every engagement.
He has directed a FEMA-funded national emergency alerting program, managed a global IT budget for a Big 4 consulting firm, and led a global relief and development endowment. He has also served as a volunteer firefighter and as a first responder after major disasters.
- Federal program and grants leadership, from solicitation to clean audits
- Big 4 financial strategy and portfolio management
- Nonprofit executive leadership and board governance
- Growth-stage operating experience as a fractional COO
Why emergency management
Our focus: organizations that respond when disaster strikes
Emergency response and disaster relief organizations carry heavy compliance burdens, unpredictable demand and little back-office capacity. As funding shifts toward states, localities and nonprofits, those organizations need senior operators who understand both the mission and the money.
Bring us the initiative that isn’t moving fast enough.
In one 45-minute working session, we’ll find the bottleneck, define the 90-day outcome and tell you plainly whether we can help.